Third Case of Mad Cow Disease

Mad cow disease in cattle, chronic wasting disease in deer, equine encephelitis in horses, genetic modifying of seeds and livestock, (hybridizing them), spraying ever more potent poisons on our crops and livestock, - Where will it end? Or will it? Who thinks seriously about it? And who cares, if they do? You and me? And what can we do about these and other things?

Lots of questions, very few answers, as you can see.

As a nurse, I have come in contact with a couple of patient with
confirmed "Mad Cows" disease. Although they call it something else,
it is the same. It's a political game they are playing with our
lives. A word of warning to the public...Watch your red meat
intake.

...so why are we feeding them meat by products? and we think
there will be no consequences?it's not that we think there will be
no consequences, it's that we are just NOT THINKING AT
ALL.

Somoeone mentioned here about raising your own cattle etc. There
is a problem......we won't be able to if Monsanto gets his way.
Monsanto is financing NAIS. This will put his organic competitors
out of business!check out WWW.NONAIS.ORG this may affect you too,
it will also affect the production of organic vegetables, maybe
even in your own backyard! This is being passed under protection of
the Patriot Act, it is being done quietly. It is in serious
violation of the CONSTITUTION. WWW.NONAIS.ORGTHIS IS HOW MUCH OUR
GOVERNMENT CARES ABOUT WHAT WE EAT VERSES PROFIT.
WWW.NONAIS.ORG

Think about it folks, mad sheep, mad cows, bird flu, lyme
disease, I am a nurse and I tell you;, you cannot feed animals to
animals who do not eat meat and have anything come out right.
grazers are herbivores, not carnivores so why are we feeding them
meat by products? and we think there will be no
consequences?

Well now I understand why American producers are so against
Country of Origin Labeling. It's their own country they don't want
labeled, then consumers could easily choose.Why do we import as
much beef as we export? Why not just eat our own beef and skip all
the importing exporting. Why import live cows when we grow plenty
of our own cows? Why have we been unsuccessful, after decades of
trying, of shutting down 3 small foreign-owned (Belgian/French)
horse slaughterhouses in the US who buy American horses, slaughter
them, and export their meat? All with no food animal drug
regulations, all stamped and approved by the USDA, FSIS, and FDA?
There really isn't any consumer protection anymore (look at the
pharmaceutical industry). It's all smoke & mirrors.

The goverment is looking the other way againjust like they do
for the enviroment, the gas prices, the war, and the greenhouse
effect. As long as there is mony to be made everyone in Washington
D.C. will look the other way.

Here are a few interesting quotes to ponder:"Many times when
meat is eaten, it decays in the stomach, and creates disease.
Cancers, tumors, and pulmonary diseases are largly caused by meat
eating." E.G. White, Pacific Union Recorder, 1902"Could you know
just the nature of the meat you eat, could you see the animals when
living from which the flesh is taken when dead, you would turn with
loathing from your flesh meats. The very animals whose flesh you
eat, are frequently so diseased that, if left alone, they would die
of themselves; but while the breath of life is in them, they are
killed and brought to market. You take directly into your system
humors and poisn of the worst kind, and yet you realize it not."
Ellen G. White, Testimonies to the Churches, vol 2, p. 404, 405.
1870

It seems that the reason these diseased animals are in the food
chain is because whatever regulations supposedly in place aren't
being enforced. Until wallet-hitting penalties are imposed (fat
chance, I know), this will continue ad nauseam. Maybe when more
countries flat-out refuse to take American meat products Americans
will insist on enforcing the laws already in place. Or
not.

73 percent of downed animals ended up passing inspection and
entering the food chain. These animals had afflicitons such as
gangrene, lymphoma, hepatitis and pneumonia.Secondly, I am a
biology major and own a small farm, and I am pretty up to date on
research and legislation. I don't wear knickers...i wear pants.just
as i was born...i will die, but i would hope it won't be because I
ate a diseased animal or some toxic cocktail a major food
corporation is slowly killing me with. People need to speak
up.America is trying to force GM food on European countries that
don't want to buy it. We are one of 2 countries that refuse to
adhere to labeling GM foods as such. Japan won't touch our
meat.Don't panic, just seek the knowledge and speak up, do
something about it, instead of sitting back and telling yourself
because your not a "farmer, veterinarian, or otherwise". Poor
excuse from someone who's obviously ignorant to what it actually
happening.

First of all I'd rather be granola-crunching, unreconstructed
hippie that is alive and healthy.As far as the disparity, my only
comment is thisThe government is so obviously more interested in
the bottom line, not we the people.This is THE UNITED COPORPORATION
OF AMERICA and not the UNITED STATES.European countries won't buy
our meat or GM food and I DON'T BLAME THEM CAUSE NIETHER WILL
I.

Hold it!How can there be such a huge disparity between the Ag
Dept. audits and the "estimate" referred to?Citizens need to be
vigilant about accuracy, otherwise we'll simply be labelled as a
bunch of granola-crunching, unreconstructed hippies. Who needs
that?

First off, we do not know why these certain cows-cattle went
down. There are many other reasons than "mad cow" disease. Old age,
digestive disorders, et al... are just a few. If you aren't a
farmer, veterinarian, or otherwise knowledgeble about this, don't
get your knickers in an uproar. There is no need to panic.
Remember, just as you were born, so you will die, one way or
another.

Why was the city and state of the of the last case
revealed????????

Estimates on the number of diseased/downed animals that make it
into the human food supply range from 100,000 to 200,000 annually,
or more than 70 percent of the downed animals brought to USDA
slaughterhouses????I was curious as to were these "estimates" come
from. Recent audits by the Ag Departments Inspector General suggest
that 29 head of downers were slaughtered over a 10 month period.
While I would agree, that any number of downers allowed to enter
the food chain is too many, I would suggest that the author be very
careful about using "estimates". This type of dissinformation
serves no one.